Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-28
OUR posTOFFICE.
Great Need oS Increased Factlt-
ties I'm Ha andlf Mail.

| Great Need Of Increased Facfl1'
ties I'm Handling Mail.
The postal facilities of this city are 81
far below whai they ought to be tina
great and most annoying inconvenience
to the people is the inevitable result
Following are some figures showing tn,
receipts and expenses of the office. TAX
ing the office at Portland, Oregon, fol
the purpose of comparison. as of abou
the same size. and the result will
appear greatly to our disadvantage
Total receipts of the Los Angeles Post
Office, ending the fiscal year lSS5.St
June 30), $44, 446 Al. Total expenses,
SIS, 5,94l 80; profit, 2S,504, 42; per cent
of expense, 80 per cent.
Total receipts of the office for the frs.
seven months of fiscal year lSS6-S7
(Janaury 3lst), S36 9l0; total expense.
Sl3, ,253; profit, $23,657; per cent. OF
expense, 80 per cent. Five letter car.
riers were allowed ON October LIST, 1886.
The revenue of the office for Decem.
ber. 1856, was $3.50 16; for January,
$7200; for two months, $l5, ,lS9.
This is yearly average of more than
100000. The average of December,
1856, and January, 1856. was continued
during for the entire year. The reve.
nues of the office amounts to $6l 800
during the year ending December 81,
1856.
Three clerks were allowed January
lst, 1887.
The above expense account includes
both increase of carriers and clerks.
At Portland, Oregon, the gross re-
celpts for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1885. were $6S,SS7. The items Of
expenses were: Salary of postmaster,
$1,000; clerk hire, $lO,SO0: expenses of
free delivery, including $469 for incl
dental expenses, $7770. Total expense.
es, $2l, ,775, leaving for net revenue of
the office, S47, ll6. The per cent. of ex-
pense is about 80.
Our Office, as will be seen by the Zig.
ures above, has great growth of BUSH
ness. For the next fiscal year the bnsi.
ness of this place will be very much
greater than that of Portland. The av.
erage of the past two months is at the
rate of over 800, QUO year.
The details of receipts and expenses
~ the office is now running are as
follows:
RECEIPTS.
Sale of stamps December 1852. l6,
box rent $3.50; sale of stamps January
S7040.60, box rent $3.50, total two
months Sl5,472.76; estimate for year
$92, S36 81.
EXPENSES.
Clerks hire $l6.94O. carriers hire
$40, $40, increase carriers $500, carriers
expense account $l240; light, fuel and
rent S40l, postmaster's salary S3l00. Net
revenue from the office SOS, ,665. Sc
The rate of expense is about 81 per
cent. of receipts.
Then in Los Angeles there are at all
seasons of the year great army of
thousands of tourists. These people
are continually moving from place to
place while in the city. They have no
local habitaiion of fixed character.
Baskets full CT changes come into the
Office daily. In settled community
the people nearly all have boxes where
they get their mail. Here nearly all
these tourists get their mail at the win.
dows. Again, these people away from
home get ten letters for the one the
people receive at their own homes.
Once more, the city is of most expansive
Portland is crowded into
a small area between the hills and the
river, Los Angeles spreads out over an
area of thirty.six square miles.
The clerks are worked to death, the
people are but half served, and business
is seriously impeded for lack of prompt.
ness in handling the mail.